[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.27"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,70,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,-18,0,-62,-39,-36,-20,-52,-43,-43,-51,-37,-33,-38,-37,-32,-25,-31,-48,-43,-27,-34,-33,-93,-93,-132,-93,-93,-94,-99,-93,-93,-93,-123,-115,-116,-114,-114,-114,-197,-181,-186,-167,-222,-208,-182,-184,-241,-236,-320,-312,-308,-200,-437,-460]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 (4... Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd3 f6 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 {½-½ (59) Rapport,R (2739)-Ponomariov,R (2682) Hengshui 2019}) 5. Qxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 6. Qf4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Ne7 10. Ng5 Nf5 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. g4 {½-½ (20) Stone,G (2283)-Wong,L ICCF email 2014}) 9. h4 h5 10. Qg3 (10. Ne2 $11) 10... Ne7 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Ng6 14. f4 Rc8 15. Nce2 Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. Bd2 Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. b4 (20. Rh3 $15) 20... Bb6 $17 21. a4 bxa4 22. Kd1 Rc4 23. Rxa4 O-O 24. Ra2 Rfc8 25. g3 Ne7 26. Rf1 Kh7 27. Rf3 Kg6 28. f5+ (28. Rb3 $17) 28... Nxf5 $19 29. Nf4+ Kh7 {[#]} 30. Nxh5 (30. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] is a better defense.} Rd8 (30... exd5 31. Rxf5) 31. Nxb6 axb6 32. Kc1) 30... Rg4 31. Raa3 Rcc4 32. Nf4 (32. Rf1 {might work better.}) 32... Nd4 $1 {[%csl LRc2,LRf3]} 33. Rf1 Nxc2 ({Weaker is} 33... Rxc2 34. Ne2 $17) 34. Rd3 Nxb4 35. Rdf3 $2 {[#]} (35. Bxb4 Rxb4 36. Ke2) 35... Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 62%.} 0-1